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A LIVELY ONE. United Press AssomaiJou —Bv Electrn Telegraph—Copyright) (Received this day at 9.25 a.m) LONDON, July 31. Scenes unprecedented in the hist r.v cif Scottish Courts that marked the opening of the trial of the Commoner, McGovern and a number of “tramppreacher” Communists charged with sneaking without a permit at Glasgow Green. Crowds entered the Court preceded hv a preacher hearing a cross, which he refused to remove. Hymn singing followed until the Magistrate’s arrival, whereupon McGovern and his comrades stood up and led a boisterous singing of “Stand Up. Stand l p for Jesus.” The Magistrate ordered the Court to be cleared. One defendant was fin d sixtv shillings or twenty days and the rema i i ted adion rued.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1931, Page 5
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